Ordinance No.           17584               Council Bill No.            B 361-02A           

amending Chapter 29 of the City Code as it relates to screening and landscaping requirements for motor vehicle, trailer and farm machinery sales and service facilities; and fixing the time when this ordinance shall become effective.

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBIA, MISSOURI, AS FOLLOWS:

    SECTION 1.  Chapter 29 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Columbia, Missouri, is hereby amended as follows:

                                            

    Material to be added underlined.

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    (i)      Exceptions. The following uses are exempt from the requirements of subsection (e)(3) and (4) above:

Motor vehicles or trailer sales and service;

Farm machinery sales and service;

except that paved areas of such exempted uses with more than fifty (50) feet of length within twenty (20) feet of a street right-of-way shall have a six (6) feet wide street yard landscaping strip within private yards separating such areas from abutting street rights-of-way containing no less than four (4) of the categories of planting materials listed in paragraph (f) of this section. Such landscaping strip shall not be subject to the tree or screening requirements imposed by subsection (e)(3); except that the required landscaped areas shall include not less than one ornamental or other type of tree for each 4,500 square feet of paved area, provided however, that one (1) large shrub or two (2) medium shrubs may be substituted for each required tree.  A large shrub is defined as one that reaches at least six (6) feet in height in four (4) growing seasons, and a medium shrub is defined as one that reaches at least thirty (30) inches in height in three (3) growing seasons.  Shrubs which may be grouped together or planted individually, should be from the deciduous woody ornamental or evergreen families (minimum of five (5) gallon size); and except that when a use listed above has been abandoned, and trees and screening have not been installed in accordance with the provisions of this section, such tree planting and screening shall then be required prior to occupancy for any other use.

                

     (j)    As used in this section, “paved area” means open areas used or occupied by motor vehicles including parking areas, loading areas and driveways.  “Paved area” does not include areas under the roof of a building, sidewalks or pedways.

    SECTION 2.  This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage.

    PASSED this 17th day of February, 2003.